Our department's flagship professional development program is Leadership DOM, a competency-based curriculum where participants identify and improve individual leadership skills in a shared learning environment.
Through this year-long course, staff and faculty in the Department of Medicine (DOM) are equipped for current or emerging leadership roles. Participants graduate prepared to leverage individual and personal skills taught throughout the course, including protecting personal bandwidth, approaches to resolving conflict, and strategies for driving change.
DOM seeks up to 60 participants for its Leadership DOM (LDOM) class each year. Attendance is expected for all 11 sessions; applicants who miss more than two sessions will not be eligible to graduate. Sessions are co-facilitated by leadership development coach and clinical psychologist Dr. Julie McDonald, and UAB Department of Medicine Director of Strategic Operations Stacy Buford, MSA.
Steps to Apply for Leadership DOM
Complete the application, including a current CV and headshot, at the link below.
The deadline to apply is Nov. 17 at 5 p.m.
Leadership DOM Syllabus
Sessions at Alumni House
Meeting at the UAB National Alumni Society House
Friday, February 5, 2027
9:00 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Leadership GPS: Locating Yourself on the Path
View from the Outside: 360° Feedback
Friday, March 12, 2027
9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Individual Assessment with DISC: Your Behavioral Styles
Friday, April 9, 2027
9:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Emotional Intelligence Part 1: Emotional Self-Awareness
Friday, May 14, 2027
9:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Keeping It All Together: Systems and Strategies
Friday, June 4, 2027
9:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Honoring Your Personal Bandwidth
Sessions at ALGEN
Meeting at Altec/Styslinger Genomic Medicine and Data Sciences Building, Room 102
Friday, July 9, 2027
9:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Emotional Intelligence Part 2: Tuning in to the Other Person
Friday, August 13, 2027
9:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Giving Feedback
Friday, September 10, 2027
9:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Developing Others
Friday, October 15, 2027
9:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Difficult Conversations
Friday, November 12, 2027
9:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Working in Teams
Friday, December 10, 2027
9:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Initiating and Driving Change
Graduation!
Contact
If you have questions regarding the LDOM program, email DOM Leadership Development.